Authorities and Experts
Federal Employee of the Year: 2011
2011 Federal Employee of the Year from Partnership for Public Service on Vimeo.
It takes a huge talent for boredom to make one of the worst disasters of the past decade seem vapid. "The pressure was somewhere between high and low." Duh....
If only this fellow had been in charge of TIMBER BRIDGE INSPECTION, life would have been perfect.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 04, 2013 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Boredom, Destruction, Government, Officials, Science
Does Satan Exist?
Some media gimmicks never go out of style. But you'd think we could have reached a conclusion during the past sixty years, since the article appeared in 1948.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 18, 2013 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Religion, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Woodsy Owl
Woodsy in the 70s, the 80s and the 90s. The newest look is horrifying, in my opinion, like some creature from THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 02, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Authorities and Experts, Government, Nature, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Fictional Monsters
Get to Know A Water Industry Specialist
Get to know a Water Industry Specialist from Norm Friesen on Vimeo.
I did not think it was possible, but I have found an industrial video to rival in boredom the famed "Timber Bridge Inspection."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 18, 2011 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Boredom, Utilities
All Roads Lead From Rome…
Raffaele Bendandi was a self-taught scientist who believed that earthquakes were caused by the gravitational influence of the Sun, Moon and other planets. Though he never attempted to provide proof for his theories, which he believed were intuitively correct, Bendandi scored a number of notable successes in 1910s and 1920s that led to him being feted as “the man who can predict earthquakes” and made a Knight of the Crown of Italy by Mussolini (who also banned him from making public predictions). Because of this ban, Bendandi made no further earthquake predictions until the 1970s, when he successfully forecast the 1976 quake that hit Friuli, Italy.
Bendandi also claimed to have detected another planet, which he named Faenza, orbiting closer to the Sun than Mercury, but, like his science of ‘seismogenics’, his findings are roundly dismissed by modern scientists as imaginative but nothing more.
That he even made today’s prediction is a matter of dispute. Many sources claim that the prediction comes from dates written on notes found after his death and do not give a specific event or location at all, and even among Bendandi’s dedicated following, there is argument as to whether he predicted the Rome quake is due today or in 2511.
Still such is the reputation of Bendandi, who died in 1979, that as much as 18% of city employees are reported to have called in sick today, and many stores are closed and shuttered. (BBC News).
(Image: vichie81 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net)
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Wed May 11, 2011 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Disasters, Eccentrics, Science, Weird Theory
The Skeptic’s Dictionary
I'm certain every reader of this blog could happily spend hours at The Skeptic's Dictionary, whose mission since 1994 has been to explore "Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions."
For instance, why not learn more about the bunyip?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 25, 2011 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Weird Studies and Guides, Weird Theory
Alex’s New Book!
You can't buy it yet, but here's the cover of Alex's new book!
If you visit the Amazon link, you can at least reserve your copy now!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 09, 2011 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Weird Studies and Guides, Weird Theory, Books, Alex
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